[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 13365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7032]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology


Government-owned Invention; Availability for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a government-owned invention available for licensing.

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SUMMARY: The invention listed below is owned by the U.S. Government, as 
represented by the Department of Commerce, and is available for 
licensing in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404 to 
achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally funded 
research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Technical and licensing information on this invention may be obtained 
by writing to: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Industrial Partnerships Program, Building 820, Room 213, Gaithersburg, 
MD 20899; Fax 301-869-2751. Any request for information should include 
the NIST Docket No. and Title for the relevant invention as indicated 
below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may enter into a Cooperative Research 
and Development Agreement (``CRADA'') with the licensee to perform 
further research on the invention for purposes of commercialization. 
The invention available for licensing is:

NIST Docket Number: 95-029/30

    Abstract: A permeation tube sealed internally in a commercially 
available automatic sampler vial provides a simple and convenient 
method of preparing, using, and storing long-term samples such as 
retention index standards. The approach is especially suited to the 
handling of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Sample can be dispensed 
at very low concentration, even at infinite dilution.

    Dated: March 14, 1997.
Elaine Bunten-Mines,
Director, Program Office.
[FR Doc. 97-7032 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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